Coat belt



July 25, 1933. N. G. DE MARCO COAT BELT Filed, March 21, 1932 Patented July 25, 1933 UNITED 1 TATE moons. e. inn MARCO, or oHIoAeo, LLINOIS, essienon- 'ro ALFRED mama .& Corrie, Inc, or cH oAeo, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIONOF LLINOIS v thereof.

1 Application filed March 21; 1932. SeriaI no. 00,210.

This invention relates to coats, and more particularly to coats, such as overcoats having belts of one form or another.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction and arrangement whereby the coats, such as overcoats for men, may be provided with belts which are adjustable, or which are detachable in part, whereby the coat may be worn with either a full belt, or with only a partial belt effect at the back, if so desired.

Itis also an object to provide certain details and featuresof construction and'combinations tending to increase the general 1 efficiency and the desirability of a cat-belt arrangement-of this particular character;

To the foregoing and other usefulends, the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shownin the accompanying drawing, in which Y Fig.1 is arear elevationof an overcoat having a beltembodying the. principles of the invention; I

F 1g. 2 1s a similar view, with the upper. portion of the coatshown broken away for convenience of illustration, and with the two end portions of the belt unbuckled and detached, thereby leaving only a belted effect at the back of the coat; j

Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear-elevation of a portion of the belt construction, showing the connections for detaching the end portions of the belt;

Fig. at is an inside view of the attachable end portion of one of the detachable sections of the belt, showing the hooks thereof;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal detail section on line 55'in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

As thus illustrated, the overcoat 1 may be of any suitable, known or approved style or design. Preferably, in style, it is a coat of that type which is most suitable or appropriate for a belted effect around the waist which is illustrative of one form of the invention, the bel ed effect is produced by a rear back section 2, of preferably the same kind of cloth from As shown in the drawin which the coat is made, the ends of thisback section being secured to the body of the coat,

preferably the side seamsti thereof, by the stitching 4L. Preferably, as shown, the

. seams 3 are in the form of so-called lap seams of suitable width. The belt' straps or loops 5 are preferably of substantially the same Width and are sewed to the lap seams by stitching 6, at the ends. of each belt strap or loop, as shown in the drawing.- In this way, the cloth loops 5, preferablymade of g the same cloth from which the coat is made, 66 cover the ends of the back section 2 of the belt, and: in sewing the parts together, the wire loops 7 are sewedin place between the coat and the under side of'the section 2, by stitching 8 through the eyes of said wire 65 loops, in the manner shown, whereby the straight outer ends of these wire loops are just a'little beyond the ends of the section 2, as shown more clearly inFig. 2 and Fig. 3 of the drawing. 1 I

The end portions of the beltare composed of detachable sections, 9, one of which has the buckle 10 at the'end thereof, adapted to engage the free end portion of the other detachable section. Thesedetachable sections 75 are provided, at their detachable ends,-with wire hooks 11, of a shape to engage the loops 7 attached in place by stitching 12 through the eyes of these hooks.-- As shown moreclearlyin Fig. 5, the hooks 11, and also the hooks '7," may be inserted between the outer cloth and the liningofthe sections 2 and 9,- and sewed in place therein, whereby only the outer ends of the said wire loops and hooks Will be exposed when the detachable sections 9 are disconnected from the fixed belt section 2 of the belt, as it will be understood that thev three sections of the belt are preferably lined, similar to the coat, and perhaps interlined as well, depending upon the charactor of the materials.

Thus, when the sections 9 of the belt are. hooked in place, by engaging the wire hooks 11 in the wire loops 7, the joint thus formed between the fixed section 2 and the detachable sections 9 is concealed by the belt straps or loops 5, previously described. Under such conditions, with the three sections of the belt detachably connected together, the front end portions of the belt can be coupled together by the buckle, in the ordinary manner.

7 However. if it be desired to wear the coat with a difierent belt efiect, as with only a partial belt across the back of the coat, the sections 9 can be detached, and only the fixed section 2 of the belt will then remain at the back of the coat. In this way, .the two styles partially belted effect, but it also serves to contribute to the full belted effect.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In an overcoat, a three-section belt therefore made of the same goods to match the coat, having a fixed or permanent back section secured atits ends, across the back of the garment, and having detachable end sections which are separably connected to the garment at points wherethe backsection is connected to the coat, whereby the garment may be worn with either afull-belted or a partially-be1ted ,efiect, with said back section serving for botheffects.

2. A coat as specified inclaim 1, the fixed back section having its ends sewed to the side seams of the coat, so that the joints between the sections of the belt coincide with these seams, and belt loops extending over and covering said joints, the ends of the loops being sewed to the side seams.

3. A coat as specified in claim 1, said fixed and detachable belt sections having their. engaging ends provided in efiectfwith concealed hook and eye devices, whereby the detachable sections can be readily hooked to or unhooked from the fixed section. V

4. A coat as specified in claim 1. said fixed and detachable belt sections having engaging ends provided in effect with hook and eye devices, whereby the detachable sections can be readily hooked to or unhooked from the fixed section, together with belt loops extends able endsections which are separable from said back section, whereby the coat may be worn with either a full-belted or a partiallybelted effect, with said back section serving for both effects, the fixed back section having its ends sewed to the side seams of the coat, so that the joints between the sections of the belt coincide with these seams,-and belt loops extending over and covering said joints, the ends of theloops being sewed to the side seams. I

7. In an overcoat, a belt therefor having a fixedor permanent back section secured to the back of the garment, and having detachable end sections which are separable from said back section, whereby the coat may be worn with either a full-belted or a partiallybelted effect, with said back section serving for both eifects, said fixed and detachable belt sections having engaging ends provided in efiiect with hook and eye devices, whereby 'the detachable sections can be readily hooked to or unhooked from the fixed section, togetherwith belt loops extending over and covering the hook and eye joints between the belt sections.'

8. In an overcoat. a belt therefor having a fixed or permanent back section secured to the back of the garment, and having detachable end sections'which are separable from said back section. whereby the coat may be worn with either a full-belted or a partiallybelted effect, with said back section serving for both effects, comprising means to cover the joints between the fixed section and the detachable sections of the belt.

NICOLA e. DE MARCO. 

